Letter: The hypocrisy of pot permissiveness

I wonder what has become of rational thought in the United States. We rejoice that some new venue has chosen to ban cigarette, use or sales, yet are racing willy-nilly into making marijuana (a product which is also taken in to the lungs and which furthermore has mind altering properties) available for public consumption.

I wonder what has become of rational thought in the United States. We rejoice that some new venue has chosen to ban cigarette, use or sales, yet are racing willy-nilly into making marijuana (a product which is also taken in to the lungs and which furthermore has mind altering properties) available for public consumption.

Although cannabis has been around for millennia, there has only recently been research conducted on its short- and long-term effects.

There must be one or more substances which will provide the same medicinal relief, or properties which could be extracted to be administered in some other form.

The reason given for the failure of prohibition was that alcohol had already been legal, so why are we rushing to legitimatize this drug before we have had time to fully examine its long term effects? Could it be the influence of those who put personal profit above the cost to the public as a whole?